Category: Global Blogs

Israel: Leading supermarkets face dawn raids (Competition Policy International)

Israel’s two leading supermarket chains were faced with dawn raids Wednesday with the nation’s Antitrust Authority searched their main offices, reports say.

Regulators collected documents from Super-Sol and Mega Blue Square to aid the authority’s investigation into the partnerships between supermarkets and their suppliers. According to unnamed sources, executives were not …read more

US/EU: US wants tough Pfizer merger review, EU has yet to be notified (Competition Policy International)

Six US Senators have approached the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission expressing concern over the proposed merger between Pfizer and AstraZeneca, despite the fact that a formal merger deal has yet to be made.

Reports say the senators, all Democrats, are urging the regulators to conduct a strict …read more

Mexico: Sherwin-Williams hit with Comex suit for failed merger (Competition Policy International)

Mexico paint giant Comex has filed a lawsuit against Sherwin-Williams over the companies’ failed merger, reports say.

The $2.3 billion acquisition plans, first announced by US firm Sherwin-Williams last November, was rejected twice by Mexico’s federal Economic Competition Commission, which found the buyout would lead to the new company controlling 50 …read more

Canada: Bureau wants telco watchdog to protect small wireless operators (Competition Policy International)

The Competition Bureau has reportedly sent a recommendation to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission urging the regulator to ensure that small wireless operators have access to wholesale services.

Canada’s competition authority said Thursday that it submitted recommendations to the CRTC that it “adopt measures to address the incentives Canada’s largest …read more